κλανίον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κλάλιον (klálion), κλάνιον (klánion)

Etymology

Connection with κλάω (kláō) seems improbable, in spite of κλαστός (klastós, “frizzly head”), ἐγκλαστρίδια (enklastrídia, “earring”). Maybe related to χλανίαι (khlaníai, “garment”) and χλανίτιδες (khlanítides, “necklaces”); if so, the variation between voiceless and aspirate shows the Pre-Greek origin of the word. Furnée further compares πλανίς (planís, “golden headband of the bride”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kla.ní.on/ → /klaˈni.on/ → /klaˈni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kla.ní.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /klaˈni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /klaˈni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /klaˈni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /klaˈni.on/

Noun

κλανίον • (klaníon) n (genitive κλανίου); second declension

1. bracelet

   Synonym: ψέλιον (psélion)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κλανῐ́ον; τοῦ κλανῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλανῐ́ον tò klaníon	τὼ κλανῐ́ω tṑ klaníō	τᾰ̀ κλανῐ́ᾰ tà klanía
Genitive	τοῦ κλανῐ́ου toû klaníou	τοῖν κλανῐ́οιν toîn klaníoin	τῶν κλανῐ́ων tôn klaníōn
Dative	τῷ κλανῐ́ῳ tôi klaníōi	τοῖν κλανῐ́οιν toîn klaníoin	τοῖς κλανῐ́οις toîs klaníois
Accusative	τὸ κλανῐ́ον tò klaníon	τὼ κλανῐ́ω tṑ klaníō	τᾰ̀ κλανῐ́ᾰ tà klanía
Vocative	κλανῐ́ον klaníon	κλανῐ́ω klaníō	κλανῐ́ᾰ klanía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Classical Syriac: ܐܩܠܢܐ ('aqlānā)

Further reading

• “κλανίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κλανίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN